suggests “refreshment, satiation, comfort” from √רוה (Hubbard 1988:94). In both cases the names’ possible etymologies may or may not have an intended role in the narrative. If there were an intended role, it cannot have been significant since the author nowhere uses the names explicitly in the characterization of the women. וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ שָׁ֖ם כְּעֶ֥שֶׂר שָׁנִֽים. Wayyiqtol 3mpl Qal √ישׁב with oblique complement שׁם and adjunct PP כעשׂר שׁנים. We are given little explanation for the inclusion of this
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